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The occurrence of cross-linked microtubules in a higher plant cell

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An electron microscope study has been made of the generative cell in Endymion non-scripta. At interphase microtubules are found in bundles against the cell wall, aligned with the long axis of the cell. These microtubules are frequently cross-linked. Mitotic spindle microtubules at prophase show no cross-linking. The implications of this result for a proposed model for mitosis are discussed.

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Burgess, J. The occurrence of cross-linked microtubules in a higher plant cell. Planta 92, 25–28 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385559

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